Mohammed Tagi Sepehr

Mohammed Tagi bin Mullah Mohammed Ali Kashani was born in 1216 Hijra in the city of Kashan . In his youth, he studied classical ancient sciences, literature and poetry. As a teenager, he moved from Kashan to Tehran, and entered the service of Feth Ali Ali Khan Saba, the chief court poet of Feth Ali Ali Shah Kajar . Together they undertook a joint work on writing a book of rhymes, but because of the death of Feth Ali Saba, the book could not be finished and Mohammed Tagi was forced to return to Kashan. However, in Kashan, the writer took a good position: Mahmud Mirza, the son of Feth Ali Shah Kajar, hackemran Kashan, took the young poet to his court and bestowed on him the honorable nickname “Sepekhr”, which means “heavenly”.

After some time, Mohammed Tagi was transferred to Tehran on the orders of Feth Ali Shah and became a member of the sofa of judges. In 1830, together with Feth Ali Shah went to Fars. After the death of the padishah, he again returned to Kashan, but soon again moved to the capital: reigning Mohammed Shah invited Kashani to the post of his manager and he gladly agreed. Mohammed Tagi held this position until the very death of Mohammed Shah in 1848.

During the reign of Mohammed Shah , Sepehr took up writing the book "Nash at-Tavarih" - "A Short Historiography." This work consecrated world history from Adam to 1273 of the lunar hijra.

After ascending the throne, Nasser al-Din Shah , Sepehr took control of the Kashan shahrastan and was there until 1851, until the shah returned from his trip to Iraq and Isfahan. With the arrival of the ruler, he immediately followed to his court in Tehran. Kashani was entrusted with the duties of reading and editing what the shah wrote himself, also his work was editing the royal decrees. In 1856, he received the honorary title "Lisan ul-molk", that is, "The Language of the State", later became a member of the legislative body of maslahat khan . In 1874, in hijrah , when Etezad al-Saltane became the head of the national representative body “Tarbiyyat Majalis Tanzimat Hasanedar veloyat mamalek mahrusa”, Sepehr became the first treasurer and was awarded the title of khan. Rabbi ul-ahir died in the month of 1297 hijra, that is, in March 1880. Death overtook the poet in Tehran. The body was transferred and buried in the city of Najaf .

It is worth noting that the well-known Iranian poets of the 20th century, Sohrab Sepehri and Maasor Kashani, were relatives of Mohammed Tagi Sepehr.

Mohammed Tagi Sepehr, in addition to history and literature, was engaged in other sciences, including mathematics and philosophy, having greatly succeeded in them. He was the author of such works as “Aineje Jahan-name” (Mirror of a Perfect World), “Secrets of Lights” (Asrar al-Anwar) about the virtues of Shiite imams, “Discoveries of Persians in the word sciences” (Barahin al-ajam fi kawanin al- muajam), “Wars in History” (Jang fi at-tavarih) and, of course, he left the “Divan” of his poems.

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